Antivenin-related Serum Sickness

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 540-542

  Huang, Chin Yuan ^a   Hung, Dong Zong ^a,b   Chen, Wei Kung ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Antivenin; Serum sickness; Snakebite

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; STEROID; VENOM ANTISERUM;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; ECCHYMOSIS; FEVER; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN; POLYARTHRITIS; SERUM SICKNESS; SKIN SWELLING; SNAKE; SNAKEBITE;

ANTIVENINS; CROTALID VENOMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SERUM SICKNESS; SNAKE BITES;

EID: 78049476802     PISSN: 17264901     EISSN: 17287731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1726-4901(10)70117-9     Document Type: Article

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